using skiplist for quotas.db

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme]

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 21:58 +1100, Rob Mueller wrote:
> What filesystem are you using? Have you considered trying reiserfs with 
> tails enabled. It's quite impressive how little disk space it actually uses 
> (don't believe du output). We used to use NVRAM cards, and even with 100,000 
> users, it was only about 30 megabytes for the quota files if memory serves 
> me right (300 bytes each for directory entry, stat data, and file data), and 
> I imagine the entire thing ends up in the OS buffer cache in pretty short 
> order...

we're using ext3.  reiserfs is not an option, thank-you-very-much.  it
has hosed our spool way too many times.  an FS which can't handle
hardware failure (e.g. a flaky fiber cable) should be taken out and
shot.

I appreciate your taking the time to make suggestions, though :-)
-- 
Kjetil T.